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Open-cavity fiber laser with distributed feedback based on externally or self-induced dynamic gratings. / Lobach, Ivan A.; Drobyshev, Roman V.; Fotiadi, Andrei A. et al.
In: Optics Letters, Vol. 42, No. 20, 15.10.2017, p. 4207-4210.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Open-cavity fiber laser with distributed feedback based on externally or self-induced dynamic gratings
AU - Lobach, Ivan A.
AU - Drobyshev, Roman V.
AU - Fotiadi, Andrei A.
AU - Podivilov, Evgeniy V.
AU - Kablukov, Sergey I.
AU - Babin, Sergey A.
PY - 2017/10/15
Y1 - 2017/10/15
N2 - Dynamic population inversion gratings induced in an active medium by counter-propagating optical fields may have a reverse effect on writing laser radiation via feedback they provide. In this Letter we report, to the best of our knowledge, on the first demonstration of an open-cavity fiber laser in which the distributed feedback is provided by a dynamic grating “written” in a Yb-doped active fiber, either by an external source or self-induced via a weak (~0.1%) reflection from an angle-cleaved fiber end. It has been shown that meters-long dynamic grating is formed with a narrow bandwidth (<50 MHz) and a relatively high-reflection coefficient (>7%) securing single-frequency operation, but the subsequent hole-burning effects accompanied by new grating formation lead to the switching from one longitudinal mode to another. providing a regular pulse-mode dynamics. As a result, periodically generated pulse trains cover a spectrum range of several terahertz delivering millions of cavity modes in sequent pulses.
AB - Dynamic population inversion gratings induced in an active medium by counter-propagating optical fields may have a reverse effect on writing laser radiation via feedback they provide. In this Letter we report, to the best of our knowledge, on the first demonstration of an open-cavity fiber laser in which the distributed feedback is provided by a dynamic grating “written” in a Yb-doped active fiber, either by an external source or self-induced via a weak (~0.1%) reflection from an angle-cleaved fiber end. It has been shown that meters-long dynamic grating is formed with a narrow bandwidth (<50 MHz) and a relatively high-reflection coefficient (>7%) securing single-frequency operation, but the subsequent hole-burning effects accompanied by new grating formation lead to the switching from one longitudinal mode to another. providing a regular pulse-mode dynamics. As a result, periodically generated pulse trains cover a spectrum range of several terahertz delivering millions of cavity modes in sequent pulses.
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U2 - 10.1364/OL.42.004207
DO - 10.1364/OL.42.004207
M3 - Article
C2 - 29028049
AN - SCOPUS:85031306305
VL - 42
SP - 4207
EP - 4210
JO - Optics Letters
JF - Optics Letters
SN - 0146-9592
IS - 20
ER -
ID: 9890949